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Recognised as Colour

#AD96DA

  • #AD96DA
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Plum

#AD96DA is a violet with RGB values 173, 150, 218 and HSL 260°, 48%, 72%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Plum.

Colour values

#AD96DA#AD96DA
HEX#AD96DA
RGBrgb(173, 150, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.6784, 0.5882, 0.8549
RGB percentages67.8%, 58.8%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(260.3, 47.9%, 72.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(260.3, 31.2%, 85.5%)
CMYK20.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer11,376,346
CSS custom property--colour: #AD96DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35759WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.15:1
Contrast with white2.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#526925

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#87A1DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AA1D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17 from the original
Tritanopia#A5A1AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.58:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Plum · ΔE 15.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 22.4Medium purple · ΔE 26.2Thistle · ΔE 27.7Steel blue · ΔE 29.8Light steelblue · ΔE 31.1
Nearest named CSS colourPlum (#DDA0DD)ΔE 15.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C3DA96
Analogous#96A1DA, #CF96DA
Triadic#DAAD96, #96DAAD
Split complementary#DACF96, #A1DA96
Tetradic#DA96A1, #C3DA96, #96DACF

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#E8E1F5
Lighter +10%#CABCE7
Darker −10%#9070CD
Darker −20%#724BBF
Darker −30%#5B389F
Darker −40%#452B79
More saturated +25%#A784EC
Less saturated −25%#B3A8C8

Channel breakdown

R173
G150
B218
Red173 (67.8%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue260.29°
Saturation (HSL)47.89%
Lightness72.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR AD · G 96 · B DA

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